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{No Model.)

I. HELLER.

TRAVELING BAG.

Patented May 10, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT I OFFICE. I

ISAAC HELLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TRAVELING-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.362,581, dated May 10, 1887.

Application filed December 29, 1886. Serial Fol 2 2 .3853. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, ISAAC HELLER, of the city and county of New York, in the State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in the Construction of Traveling-Bags, of which the following is a specification.

The invention applies to the class of traveling-bags generally denominated railroad bags sometimes known, also, as Pellisier Bags or Gladstone Bags--in which the frames are hingedtogether atthe bottom of the bag. They allow the bag to open like abook. It is common to introduce a bar extending longitudinally in the bag at the base between the bottom proper and the lining. It is also common to protect'the hinges by a shield-piece commonly known as the end tip. I employ a construction in which the two separate parts of the frames are not only hinged together, but are also hinged to the shoe end tip. The construction affords great strength and insures that the tips shall be held exactly central at each end, and is put together with less labor than any previously known to me to attain the same end. i

The previously-known constructions require particularly skillful manipulation in putting them together.

I have devised an improved construction of the bottom bar or rod, which gives great strength with lightness and facilitates the attachment of the lining.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification,and represent what I consider the best means of carrying out the invention.

Figure 1 is a general perspective View, seen from below. The remaining figures represent details. Fig. 2 is avertical section of a portion in two detached parts. Fig. 3 is a corresponding section showing the parts firmly united. Fig. 4 is avertical section on the line as m in Fig. 3. It'shows the parts before the attachment of the lining and door. Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the hinge with the end shoe tip attached,with theholes for riveting ittothebag and bottom bar. Fig. 6 is a section on y 3 Fig. 3, but on asomewhat larger scale.

This shows the parts after the lining and door have been attached. Fig. 7 is a verticalsection corresponding to Fig. 3, but showing a modification of the hinge.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures where they occur. 1

A is the leather or other flexible material constituting the main body of the bag. B and O are the ordinary iron or steel frames. hinge at each endis formed by apin, D. This hinge-pin is riveted in place, and, instead of merely hinging together the frames B C, also hinges both these to an end tip, which is provided with a shoe, G, by which it is secured by the aid of rivets H, which reach through the leather and confine itrigidly to the bottom bar, which lies inside. The construction relieves from strain the leather in the vicinity of-the hinge. No matter how heavily the bag is laden, so much of the load as comes upon the bottomlbar is transmitted through the rigidly-connected tip G and thepivot-pin D, and thus to the frames B C, to which the handles are connected, as usual.

M is the bottom bar. It is of L-section,

certain portions being designated, when nec the sewing is effected the lining, having been;

previously made in the proper form, is spread in the position required. The stitching is concealed below the lining. It lies between the lining and the bottom, as indicated in Fig. 6. Modifications maybe made without departing from the principle or sacrificing the ad vantages of the invention. I can make the rivets H in one with the shoe G, as has been long practiced in the construction of the corresponding parts of analogous bags. I Instead of riveting the pin D on the exterior of the tips, I can manufacture the pins with deep heads, capable of serving as bearings, and allow each head to simply extend partly Such hinges are equally efficient in holding the parts in position horizontally, and also serve to support the parts vertically; but they are It is made open-work, as shown.

The

The stitching ICO through its proper tip, as shown in Fig. 7.

d I v not capable of exerting any force to resist a movement of the hinges inward or toward each other. Such movement is effectually resisted by the abutting of the bottom bar, M, against the inner frame, 0. This construction conceals the end of the rivet and presents asmooth finish on the outside.

A slight modification of this plan is to extend the head quite through the tip, but with out allowing it toproject much, if at all.

It will be understood that the bag is operated in all respects in the ordinary manner. It may have any ordinary or suitable handles, clasps, locks, &c.

The construction of the bottom bar is well adapted for attachment to the tips, and also to the lining and door.

Any number of rivets H H may be applied to strongly unite the leather A to the part M.

,I am aware of the patent to G. IVahler, June 27, 1886. I do not claim anything set forth therein.

I claim as my invention-.

1. In a traveling-bag having frames B G, pivoted to shoe end tips G, the bottom bar of 2; L-section, the base M, supporting the leather A below it, and the upright part M supporting the door K above it, all combined and arranged substantially as herein specified.

2. In a traveling-bag, theshoe end tips G G, 3 pivoted to the framesB O, and the bottom bar, M M of L-section, and rivets H, extending through the leather. A, all combined and arranged to serve as herein specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my 5 hand, at New York city, N. Y., this 24th day of December, 1886, in the presence of two'subscribing witnesses.

ISAAC HELLER.

\Vitnesses JU IUs R. ADLER, CHARLES R. SEARLE. 

